Word: cutting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From here the "last" and the measurements are consulted in making a pattern for cutting out the leather uppers. The trigonometry involved would do credit to a Math 1 student. At this point, Mama's work begins; she cuts and sews the uppers to the required size. The selection and cutting of the upper is a difficult process, since all leather will stretch in one direction. The problem is to select a piece of leather with the minimum of stretch, and then cut it so that the stretching will be in the least detrimental direction...
When the uppers have been cut and sewn, they go, with the "last" and the original pattern, back upstairs. Here Peter, or one of the boys, performs the strategic steps in boot production. The inner sole is tacked to the bottom of the "last" and then trimmed to fit it perfectly. Next, the upper is fitted to the "last" with repeated stretching and tacking. From there, the steel sole shank and outer soles are applied and the heel is built up. Finally a corrugated rubber outer sole is applied and the finishing touches of grooving the heels and waterproofing...
...disequilibrium is the concern of a new Faculty committee which is expected to study how to place and also how to cut down the surplus Ph.D.'s. One University official has described the attempt to discourage advanced study in the social sciences as a policy of "negative guidance...
...should recognize the Red regime, if and when it gets control of all of China, Reischauer stated. The second speaker, Thomas Mahoney, Legal Advisor to the Chinese Consulate in Boston, said that the United States should not hurry to recognize Communist China, since the act would cut off all chance of aiding the Chinese Nationalists...
England attempted to get the U.S. to scrap or at least cut down some of these tariffs when she agreed to devalue the pound; the bid was fairly unsuccessful. Considerably similar pressure is coming from other countries. They aren't doing any better...